Discontent among workers is growing: every fourth person in Switzerland has a second job

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A single job is increasingly not enough for a quarter of the Swiss to survive. This has emerged from a study by the accounting and consultancy firm Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), writes the “NZZ am Sonntag”.

In April, PWC said it surveyed 53,912 working people worldwide for its annual “Hopes and Fears” study, including 1,070 in Switzerland.

According to PWC, the tense economic situation has major consequences for employees’ wallets. Only 38 percent had money left over at the end of the month. In the last survey a year ago, this was 47 percent. And if a quarter of employees have more than one job, 60 percent of them do so because they can’t make ends meet without the extra income. However, from the point of view of the employers’ association, the figures give a wrong picture: “Not all these people are poor”, says the “NZZ am Sonntag”.

A third wants more pay

Only a third of employees believe they are paid fairly. And yet, in a global comparison, people in Switzerland are less likely to ask for higher wages. Only about a third would ask for a salary increase next year, writes Price Waterhouse Coopers. The younger the employees are, the more likely they are to demand higher wages.

One in four employees would like to change jobs within a year. In 2022 that was still every fifth person. Reasons for changing jobs are low wages, overtime or problems with the company culture. Only 46 percent would recommend their job to others. Again, young people in particular are willing to change.

Employees in Switzerland are also concerned about their future, according to the survey. A third of those surveyed believe their company will not survive for the next ten years if they stick to the current strategy.

Swiss superiors lack leadership qualities

Overall job satisfaction in Switzerland is 56 percent, slightly higher than in a global comparison. Women are about 10 percent less satisfied than men.

Only four in ten employees in Switzerland believe their managers encourage disagreement and debate. That’s more than worldwide, but still little, according to Price Waterhouse Coopers.

Moreover, in the opinion of those surveyed, Swiss managers apparently lack more important leadership qualities in a global comparison: less than half of those surveyed think their managers are honest, competent, communicative and honest. And only about half feel they can be themselves at work. (SDA/oco)

Source:Blick